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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Closure of Tower Colliery, Hirwaun, showing general view of the crowd in front of the pit's headgear. The red flag bears the date '1831' commemorating the Merthyr Uprising. The flag had been used in October 1993 in a march uniting the workers in the face of impending closure of the colliery by the National Coal Board.
